Window-shade holder



c. T. BAILEY AND H. B. WILSON.

WINDOW SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE :9. 1920.

- Patented Feb. 211, 1922.

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C..T. BAILEY AND H. B. WILSON.

WINDOW SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1920.

2 Z a J a z 2 W. 7 9 z Z w 1 U W Z 0 L m 5 W 2 J 2 Lu W m a H i a z m Be 8 u m 1 m, 2 3 Q Q Md m a m Wm y INVENTOR ATTORNEY stares PATENTCHARLES T. BAILEY AND HARRY B. WILSON, or TAMPA, FLORIDA.

WINDOW-SHADE HOLDER.

ioness Specification of Letters Patent. Patented F b 21 11922Application filed June 19, 1920. Serial No. 390,156.

1 '0 all who-m 'izfima-g concern 1 Be it knownthat v e-Grahams T. BAILEYani Heller B. iviLsorr, citizens of the United States, residing atTampa, in the county of Pillsborough and State of Florida, have inventednew and useful Improvements in lVindow-ShadeHolders. of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our present invention has rciercnceto suspending and operating means forwindow.

shades. I

Our improvement is especlally adapted for use in connection withinverted shades fluenced dogs which engage with the respecedstorpreventing the tree -winding or unwinding ot the shade and for tirewires or holding the latter at different adjustments.

It also our purposeto produce a shade attachment and actuatingmeanswhich shall be of a simple. construction, easily attached to theshade and to the window casing, easily operated, thoroughly eificient inoperation, and one which can be arranged upon any sizeof window CtlSlllgor shade.

lVe accomplish the foregoing objects, and others which will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, by a construction,combination and operative arrangement of parts, a satisfactoryembodiment of which being illustrated by the drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window casing havingan inverted shade thereon and illustrating the application of ourimprovement.

Figure 2 is an edge view, the casing being in section. V

Figure 3 is a rear elevation on an enlarged scale, parts being insection.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line i-'of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view approximately 1011 the line of FigureFigure 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Figure 3.

In the drawings, a window casing is indicated by the numeral 1. To thevertical members or the trim. of the casing, slightly above the stoolthereof we attach brackets 2 and 3 respectively on which the pintles ofthe spring influenced roller 4: for the shade 5 are supported. Thebrackets 2 and 3 are substantially of the ordinary construction, onebeing provided with a round opening and the other with arectangularopening recelving the respective round and rectangular pintles of theroller. Each of the brackets 2 and 3, however, have their attachingplate, adjacent to the upper ends thereof provided with outwardlyextending lugs 6.

On the vertical members or trim of the casing 1, in a line with thebrackets 2 and 3, andat any desired height with respect to the casing,there are secured substantially U-shaped'members 7. These members 7 aresecured to the casing by headed wood screws 8 passing therethrough andentering the casii'ig. The screws are arranged in a line with thelugs ofthe respective brackets 2 and 3. The lugs 6 have round depressionstherein to receive the looped ends of wire or rod members 10. The upperends of these rods or wires 10 are coiled around the shank of the screws8 and are contacted by the heads of the said screws, so that the saidrods or wires arethus sustained in a taut condition.

The shade 5 is arranged outward, but is designed to contact with therods or wires 10. The shade has its outer end, provided with the usualstitched fold through which passes the ordinary wooden slat 11. To theends of the slat, on the inner face of the shade we secure metallicplates or housings 12. The plates have their outer edges rounded uponthemselves, as at 13, and through these rounded portions the rods orwires 10 pass. The plates or housings 12 have their upper edges providedwith spaced ears 14: that overlie the outer edge of the shade, and theplates or housings 12 are secured to the shade and its slat'll by a boltmember 15 that is engaged by a nut 16. On the ends of the roundedportion of the respective plates or housings 12 are formed inwardlyprojecting elements in the nature of ears 17 and 18 respectively.Pivotally secured, as at 19, to the upper ear of the respective platesor housings 12 is a dog 20. This dog has its active face rounded, as at21 and is provided with a curved body portion 22. The body has its endterminating in the plate or housing opposite the lower ear 18 thereof,and the said end is preferably widened and rounded and has an openingtherethrough. Through this opening and through a suitable opening in thelower ear 18 of each of the plates or housings pass the ends of ahelical spring 23. The springs exerting a tension upon the body or tailportions of the dogs swing the active roundedfaces thereof in contactingengagement with the rods or wires 11, forcing the latter into frictionalengagement with the rounded ends of the plates or housings 12, and thuslocking the shade on the rods or wires. v

To the slat 11, centrally at the outer end of the shade we bolt, as at24, to the cross sectionally U-shaped body member 25 of the shade, anactuating member or lift 26. The lip of the lift is arranged over theouter face of the shade above the outer edge thereof.

The inner plate of the body 25 has its lower edge rounded over itself,and the ends of the said rounded portion are extended to provide ears2?. Pivoted, as at 28 to tl respective ears 27 is the body portion 29 ofa lever 30. Each of the levers has its outer end arranged at an anglewith respect to its body. The levers being constructed of strips ofmetal are given a half turn at the outer portions thereof and the fingerpieces 31 of the said outer ends of the levers are rounded.

The body portion of each of the levers has its outer edge provided withan angle ear 32 that has a threaded opening therethrough for thereception of an eye bolt (Jonnected to each of the eye bolts and to theends of the tail portions of the dogs, preferably at the points wherethe springs 23 are secured to the said dogs, are cables 3 It will beapparent that by exerting a pressure on the linger pieces of the levers30,

the latter will be swung toward the center, and the dogs will bebrought'out'o'f engage ment with the rods or wires, 10 permitting theshade to be vertically adjusted on the casing. The middle finger of theoperator is arranged beneath the rounded surface of the lift 26, whilehis. forefinger and thumb engage the finger pieces 31. Thus the operatorhas control of the curtain in both the raising and lowering thereof, andby merely releasing pressure on the finger pieces -31 the dogs willagain spring into engagement with the wires to prevent the spring woundroller from further influencing the curtain.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim, is Y v 1. Incombination with a window casing and a spring wound shade thereon, ofguides carried by said casing, plates respectively secured to thecorners of the free end of said shade and'provided with curved outeredges surrounding said guides, spaced ears extending from said curvedouter edges, curved spring influenced dogs pivotally secured to two ofsaid ears and engaging said guides and means for actuating saiddogs.

2. In combination with a window casing and a spring wound shade thereon,of pair of vertical guide rods secured'to said casing,

plates respectively secured to the corners of the free end of said shadeand provided with curved outer edges engaging said guide rods, an earextending from each of said curved outer edges, a spring influenced dogpivotf ally secured to each ear and normally engaging the respectiveguide, and means for disengaging said dogs from said guides.

3. In combination with a window casing and a spring wound shade thereon,of guides 1 carried by said casing, plates respectively secured to thecornersof the free end of tures.

CHARLES T. BAILEY. HARRY B. WILSON.

Tn testimony whereof we affix our sigma-

